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Volume #0046 02/25/98
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Gran Turismo Omologato
Subject: 60s -- Cars to music
Sent: 2/23/98 10:36 AM
Received: 2/24/98 12:41 AM
From: Dave Mirich, DmirXXX@XXXXXXm
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXX@XXXXXXies.com
In a message dated 98-02-22 18:05:27 EST, you write:
<< Some say the sixties began when Kennedy was shot and ended
> with Nixon's resignation. I think in terms of musical
> excellence, it started a little earlier than that, circa
> Phil Spector, but after Nixon's resignation we had a
> dramatic down turn in the quality of popular (and less
> popular) music. >>
The same with cars! Quality, styling and performance peaked in American
cars between 1962 to 1972, or thereabouts (some exceptions on either end,
no doubt). No wonder I love the music of this era so much!
Dave Mirich
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Subject: Re: I Can Hear Music
Sent: 2/23/98 8:53 AM
Received: 2/24/98 12:41 AM
From: Marc Wielage, XXX@XXXXXXrax.com
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXX@XXXXXXies.com
Big L, biXXX@XXXXXXmail.com asked:
>Has anyone heard the original version of "I Can Hear
>Music?" Been looking for it for years. Supposedly,
>Carl owned a copy of the single, and that's how the
>Bs came to cover it.
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The song is somewhat hard to find today, but it was released once on CD,
on the Japanese import BEST OF SPECTOR SOUND (Victor VDP-1045). Believe
me, the Beach Boys' version is far better, IMHO.
--MFW
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Subject: when did the 60s begin?
Sent: 2/24/98 6:34 AM
Received: 2/24/98 8:21 AM
From: Big L, biXXX@XXXXXXmail.com
To: Spectropop List, spectroXXX@XXXXXXies.com
>> Some say the sixties began when Kennedy was shot
and ended with Nixon's resignation. I think in
terms of musical excellence, it started a little
earlier than that, circa Phil Spector, but after
Nixon's resignation we had a dramatic down turn in
the quality of popular (and less popular) music.
Interestingly, I used to fantasize about a scenario
in which a person was time warped from the day after
JFK was shot into the present. Here are some examples
of what we consider essential 60s pop culture this
person would not know about:
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones (if he was a musically hip person,
he may have been aware of both these, but only as
obscure British bands)
The Byrds
Jimi Hendrix
The Kinks
Get Smart
Star Trek
The Monkees
Go Go Boots
Brian Wilson as "genius"
Vietnam
hippies
The Civil Rights Act
The Four Tops
The Temptations
The Supremes
And so on. It seems that JFK's assasination may serve
as a better divider between the 50s and the 60s than
any actual date. The early 60s seem more like an
extension of the late 50s than anything else,
especially in musical terms. At least, that's the way
I see it (and remember it.)
Much has been written about the shock, and the lost
innocence of America after JFK. That may be overly
simplifying things, but was it mere coincidence that
the British Invasion began in the months immediately
following? That music changed so much in the next two
years?
==
Big L Check out my Radio Legends pages at:
biXXX@XXXXXXmail.com http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/9816
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